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trivial importance given world events.
    ‘ You’re probably
wondering what the punchline is,’ Gresnick said. ‘No doubt you’re
aware of the recent thefts of religious artefacts from various
sites around the world.’
    Vernon nodded. Three of the seven sites
were in the British Isles.
    ‘ The DIA has concluded
that all of the thefts bore the hallmarks of operations by U.S. Special Forces – unauthorised, I must emphasise. We’re certain
these deserters were responsible.’
    Vernon sat upright. ‘Why would American
Special Forces go renegade and start stealing religious
relics?’
    Gresnick slid a folder towards
Vernon.
    ‘ Finish your coffee and
take a few minutes to read that file. I think I can safely say it’s
the strangest document you’ll ever read.’
     
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    Defense Intelligence Agency
    Classified: Eyes Only
    For circulation amongst Sigma Access
Group only
     
    Alpha Summary – supposed theft of
iconic religious artefacts as hypothetical cause of current global
environmental instability.
     
    Beta
Summary : On 24 April 2012, at 3 a.m. GMT,
seven locations said to be associated with three famous religious
relics were raided. All of the raids were synchronised and took
place under cover of darkness. Within hours of the raids, reports
came in from across the globe of cataclysmic earthquakes, an
alarming increase in volcanic activity, formation of multiple
category-5 hurricanes, and acute weather conditions in almost every
country. The colour of the sky across the earth was observed to
start changing to blood red.
    Religious leaders declared that the
thefts were a blasphemy and the direct cause of the natural
disasters. They demanded the safe return of the treasures and
stated that, otherwise, the world would suffer the ‘Wrath of
God.’
    All governments agreed that the
severity of the natural disasters posed an unprecedented threat to
the future of life on earth. The United Nations met in emergency
session to coordinate a global response. It was decided a
twin-track approach should be adopted. While scientific solutions
were urgently sought, governments would, at the least, pay lip
service to the possibility of the current crisis having a
supernatural origin. To prevent possible religious hysteria
breaking out amongst billions of believers, governments of all
major powers agreed to use their intelligence services to apprehend
the thieves and retrieve the stolen artefacts.
    At present, scientists have been unable
to account for the pattern of extreme environmental events. Investigations, analysis and data gathering are ongoing. Emergency
conferences involving the world’s leading scientific experts have
been organised and will be given the full support of all
governments. Religious leaders will also be consulted about ways
forward. For the sake of public morale, it’s critical for
governments to be seen to be taking all possible courses of action
at this time.
    ****
    (His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Lenihan of
the Archdiocese of New York and Rabbi Dr. Menachem Grien, Professor
of Theology at Columbia University, were consulted in the
preparation of the following.)
     
    The three holy relics said to be
connected with the seven raids are the most famous in Western
religious history:
     
The Ark of the Covenant
The Holy Grail.
The Spear of Destiny.
     
    The seven locations raided are:
     
Temple Mount, Jerusalem.
The Church of Saint Mary of Zion, Axum,
Ethiopia.
Chalice Well, Glastonbury, England.
Schatzkammer (Imperial Treasury),
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria.
Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Rosslyn Chapel, Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Hill of Tara, Republic of Ireland.
     
    Brief descriptions of the three
artefacts are provided below:
     
    1) The Ark of the
Covenant
    A portable wooden vessel, the size of a
large chest and overlaid inside and out with gold. According to the
Book of Exodus, God commanded Moses to make the Ark and furnished
him with a precise set of instructions. The Ark was the container
for the